Death of Mrs. Emma Wilson Irwin at Mount Pleasant
Mrs Emma Wilson Irwin died after a four month illness at her home on Jordan avenue. She leaves a husband five brothers and her parents Mr and Mrs W A Wilson of Cleburne Texas. Born in Maury county at twenty nine, she married Ernest Irwin four years ago. Funeral Sunday at 3 pm in the Presbyterian Church with choir songs and a sermon by Rev A S Allen, burial in the new cemetery. Pallbearers listed. community mourns her loss.
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Ernest Irwin
Jordan Avenue
Emma Wilson Irwin
W. A. Wilson
Cleburne
Texas
Messrs
W. A. Wilson, Jr
Greenville
Evan Wilson
Los Angeles
Val
Joseph Wilson
Dallas
Ernest Wilson
Galveston
Luciwn Wilson
Cleburne Texas
Irwin
Maury County
Sam Irwin
Alwho
Garvert
Presbyteriao Church
Church Workers Society
Presbyterian Church
Nona Hill
Jeane
T. R. Curtis
Methodist Church
Allen
New Cemetery
B. Dan Smith
W. H. Kittrell
J. Tate Jenkins
J. E Brownlow
I. P. Warnock
J. A. Bastick
Mr. Lewin
Mount Pleasant
Neo
No Swapping Of Freight Cars In Mt Pleasant Rail News
Louisville and Nashville orders keep cars on their own tracks blocking interchange for freight rock shipments to distant points. Shippers face delays and higher rates while reporting authorities from Silinaa Central and Southaro Railroads plan tours to address the issue and boost Mt Pleasant as a railroad center.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Thas
Silinaa Central
Southaro
Mt Pleasant
Brearge
W Powell Hale at Howard Institute Friday Evening
The Knights of Pythias present W Powell Hale an impersonator of note at Howard Institute next Friday evening December 8. Tickets are available with season-ticket holders reminded Hale is an extra attraction. Hale previously pleased the Pleasant audience and is billed as a delightful evening.
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Hale
Social event and monument committee meeting note
Misa Alice Doss hosted a luncheon for several young ladies at her Washington avenue home. The Bigby Gray Chapter of the UDC met with Mrs. J. P. Goodlow on Monday afternoon to form a committee to seek Street Committee approval to erect their monument on the site of the current bell tower.
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Misa Alice Doss
Washington Avenue
Bigby Gray
UDC
J. P. Goodlow
Monument to honor Confederate memory planned for town square
The Bigby Gray Chapter of the U D C ordered a new monument over fourteen feet tall to honor the Confederate cause. It may be placed on the square near the bell tower with artistic fencing and plantings, though the exact site has not yet been decided.
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Bigby Gray Chapter
U.D.C
Thief Steals Shoes From Storekeeper at Night
A hurried thief, described as a Negro, seized two pairs of shoes from a store counter and fled before the clerk Joe George could intervene. Eyewitnesses reported no trace of the suspect after the escape from a dark skip, leaving the incident unresolved.
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Joe George
Mr. George
A Brigadier General Created by Lincoln Brevet
Col. J. R. Hurd of Puebla Colorado learns from an official Washington publication that for forty years he has held the brevet rank of brigadier general conferred by President Lincoln. The Colorado general assembly member from this county was unaware of the honor until now.
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Puebla
J. R. Hurd
Colorado General Assembly
Washington
Lincoln
Races With Hard Heads Across Morocco Traditions
A fragment describes views on skull thickness among Moorish and southern African groups. It mentions shaved heads from infancy to boost skull robustness and notes tourists paying to witness youths break bricks on their heads. The passage attributes skull protection to hair absence and sun exposure.
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Morocco
Obie river booming near Evansville likely to crest Monday
The Obie river in Evansville is rising toward the danger line of 36 feet and is expected to pass it by Monday. More than 50,000 bushels of corn between Evansville and Paducah, Kentucky may be ruined as steamers cannot reach the area. In Chicago, agents raided the Pacific Underwriting and Trust Co. offices and E. C. Talmadge was arrested over alleged game fixing. In Havana Cuba, elections were quiet with low turnout and moderates winning, including President Palma and provincial councilors.
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Evansville
Paducah
Chicago Poller
Chicago
The
Pacific Underwriting and Trust Co
San Francisco
E. C. Talmadge
Cuba
Havana
Uberals
Palma
Explosion injures workers in Geneva private refinery
A blast at a private Geneva refinery wounded several workers as they prepared a boiler. Authorities investigated and found a number of forged passports and a seized press. Two wounded men were hospitalized while others fled to avoid arrest.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Phonograph Teaches Parrot in Philadelphia Home
A Philadelphia woman trains a parrot with a phonograph to praise, then isolates the bird with the machine. The parrot repeats phrases rapidly, learning one word after another without human care, surpassing what personal instruction could achieve.
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Philadelphia
Euit
Salvation Army Work Across Regions and Services
The Salvation Army operates in 4% countries and colonies with 81 languages and 7,210 corps, societies, and campuses. It employs 13.49 percent officers and cadets, supports 46.18 local officers, issues periodicals in percent languages, runs 644 social institutions, and supplied 4,572,399 beds and 7,213,506 meals over 12 months.
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Salvation Army
Cirties
Back at Her Nell-I told Miss Sharpe about her club
Catholic Standard and Times recounts a conversation in which Nell-I tells Miss Sharpe that the literary club was too full of old maids, and a response from Belle says there is always room for one more.
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Nell
New Japanese stamp for Korea described
A new postage stamp issued in Tokio for the Korean protectorate bears the chrysanthemum emblem of Japan and the plain blossom symbolizing Korea with two pigeons representing the postal service.
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Tokio
Protectorate of
Korea
Japan
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Mounts Pleasant Department
Herald - Chronicle
W. Powell Hale
Howard Institute
Knights OF
Pythias
R. W. Stewart
N. B. Stewart
John Adams
Lemuel R. “Ong
Merry Bostick
J. A. Bostick
M. Rosenthal
Mre
FE. M. Lowell
ES. M. Lowell
Blue Grass Ave
Pleasat
Tenn
Cook's
Priy
Cook Medicine Company
Nashville
An & Geneva
Merry Christmas
Mt. Pleasant
China
Glass
Christras
Tandard
LSASA
Pleasant
Cesinin
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